1map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4. 2tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.” 3tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some mss of the LXX and the Syriac. 4tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1. 5tn Heb “and also he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab.” 6tn Heb “for his mother was his adviser to do evil.” 7tn Heb “in the eyes of.” 8tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house. 9sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah. 10tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6). 11tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 12tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.” 13tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29). 14tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians. 15tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.” 16tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 17tn Heb “anointed.” 18tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.” 19map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1. 20tn Heb “they said.” 21tn Heb “and there was no one belonging to the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for kingship.” 22tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum, “arise”) is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125. 23tn Heb “house of Judah.” 24sn Jehoshabeath is a variant spelling of the name Jehosheba (2 Kgs 11:2). 25tn Heb “the king”; the referent (King Jehoram, see later in this verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 26tn Heb “stole.” 27tn Heb “and he was with them in the house of God hiding.”
1map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”
3tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some mss of the LXX and the Syriac.
4tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.
5tn Heb “and also he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab.”
6tn Heb “for his mother was his adviser to do evil.”
7tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
8tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.
9sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.
10tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).
11tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
13tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).
14tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.
15tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”
16tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17tn Heb “anointed.”
18tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”
19map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
20tn Heb “they said.”
21tn Heb “and there was no one belonging to the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for kingship.”
22tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum, “arise”) is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
23tn Heb “house of Judah.”
24sn Jehoshabeath is a variant spelling of the name Jehosheba (2 Kgs 11:2).
25tn Heb “the king”; the referent (King Jehoram, see later in this verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
26tn Heb “stole.”
27tn Heb “and he was with them in the house of God hiding.”